<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I'm looking to transfer out of my CC after this year but need some advice on degrees to help me decide which school would be best to transfer to.
Background: I shrugged off high school, very low GPA, but had a decent ACT score (27). Decided to go to a community college to work on my GPA. Did 36hrs with a 3.33, then went into the work force. Worked my way up to managing a large sales team at a multimillion dollar sales site, left for health reasons and decided to go back to school.
I love business, I'm a suit and tie kind of guy and I excel at it. But my hobbies have always been tech related. Given that, I wanted to go for finance but MIS seemed like a nice blend of what I like. I might consider a double major.</p>
<p>So where I find myself now is...</p>
<p>Option 1: UTSA offers IS and IA degrees. I started looking into IA after seeing this and the backing they have from the DOD, it looks like something I'd be interested in, but it seems like MIS/CIS/IS leads to more corporate oriented work(as in, you possibly end up as CIO) than IA. Is that the case or could IA take you to a similar career?</p>
<p>At this school my scores are above average. That, combined with my health issues make it likely that I'll receive a good amount of funding to pay for school. That's a plus. But it's not respected like, UT or something like that, so a double major with finance added in seems like a waste. However, they're dumping money into their tech programs and have just opened up new facilities for those majors, so their reputation could grow for tech oriented degrees.</p>
<p>Option 2: Texas State University offers CIS. Not a strong likelihood of good financial aid. Decent reputation but mainly only in this state. But a CIS/Finance here would be stronger than a IS/Finance from UTSA.</p>
<p>To sum it up, which is more advantageous alone to move into management? And if I went for a double, would adding finance to IS or IA even be worth the time?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>